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Farewell, Dean Sargent'Peanut Girl' dean resigns at Villanova.

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One of our favorite law school deans is stepping down. Dean Mark A. Sargent — best known for L’Affaire Peanut Girl, and more recently gracing these pages after memorably quipping in a school-wide email that “The internet really is a type of hell!” — is departing as dean of Villanova Law.

One student’s reaction to the news:

We did NOT, contrary to popular belief, celebrate like munchkins [rejoicing in] the Wicked Witch’s death when the “Peanut Girl” transferred — but we are definitely doing so now (unless, of course, Dean Sargent is ill — in which case we wish him the best).

Sadly, Dean Sargent may be ill; he is stepping down for “personal and medical reasons.” We wish him a speedy recovery. We also hope his successor is similarly skilled in the use of the “reply all” function.

Read the announcement, from Villanova President Peter Donohue, after the jump.

Here’s the message that went out from the office of the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, President of Villanova University, to alumni and friends of the law school. A similar email was sent to current students as well.

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UPDATE: Actually, Dean Sargent’s departure seems to be rooted in scandal….

REV. PETER M. DONOHUE, O.S.A. – MEMORANDUM — RESIGNATION OF MARK SARGENT AS DEAN OF VILLANOVA LAW

Dear Alumni and Friends:

Yesterday morning, citing personal and medical reasons, Mark Sargent resigned as Dean of the Villanova University School of Law, and I accepted his resignation. I am grateful for Mark’s outstanding service to the University and his dedication to building the excellence of our Law School.

I have appointed Associate Dean Doris DelTosto Brogan as Acting Dean of the Law School, effective immediately. I am confident that under the leadership of Acting Dean Brogan, the Law School is in strong and capable hands, and that our students will continue to receive an outstanding education. Dean Brogan is a long-standing member of the Villanova community and has served as the Law School’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since 1992. She graduated magna cum laude from Villanova’s School of Law and was an associate in the Philadelphia office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius, before returning to Villanova as a member of the law faculty in 1983.

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I believe that Dean Brogan will provide excellent guidance for the Law School. As always, our primary responsibility is to our students, and we will move forward with a search for a new dean as quickly and diligently as possible.

Father Peter Donohue, O.S.A.

Earlier: Prior ATL coverage of Villanova Law

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